Quotes of Confederation - somelinesforyou

“ This world of ours… must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ I think in Atlantic Canada, because of what happened in the decades following Confederation, there is a culture of defeat that we have to overcome. ”

- Stephen Harper

“ I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing. ”

- Katherine Mansfield

“ Canada's first Prime Minister sought, unsuccessfully, to give women the vote. Today, a century after his passing, a woman stands before you as Prime Minister of Canada. Canada's first Prime Minister also sought, successfully, to bring British Columbia into Confederation… ”

- Kim Campbell

“ I have made it quite clear that a unified Ireland was one solution that is out. A second solution was a confederation of two states. That is out. A third solution was joint authority. That is out-that is a derogation of sovereignty. ”

- Margaret Thatcher
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